Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right30
- adult day care facilities
- art galleries
- banks, savings and loan offices and similar financial services
- catering businesses
- day nurseries
- dry cleaning and laundering establishments
- dwelling units
- entertainment, cultural and recreational uses
- grocery stores, convenience stores and specialty food and beverage stores
- hotels
- laundromats and dry cleaning pick-up stations
- libraries, museums, schools, parks and noncommercial recreational facilities
- office supply, business and office service, photocopy and custom printing establishments
- offices
- parking areas and parking lots
- parking decks and parking garages
- personal service businesses
- pet shops, veterinary clinics and animal hospitals
- postal and package mailing services
- professional, business and vocational schools
- radio and television broadcasting studios and offices
- restaurants, tea rooms, cafes, delicatessens, ice cream parlors
- retail sales and food or beverage sales conducted in an open area
- retail stores and shops
- rights-of-way, easements and appurtenances
- service businesses
- showrooms and display areas
- uses owned or operated by a governmental agency
- wireless communications facilities, microwave relay facilities, and radio broadcast antennas
- short-term rental
Conditional / special use3
Accessory1
- automated teller machines accessible only from the interior of buildings
Extracted standards
36 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. when adjacent to existing taller building
where an existing building on the same lot or on an adjacent lot along the same street frontage is greater than four stories in height, no building shall exceed the number of stories contained in such existing building.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. based on block average
the average number of stories (rounded to the nearest whole number) contained in such existing buildings shall be the maximum permitted number of stories.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for whole block development5 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
where the entire block is to be developed under the same ownership or control pursuant to an overall development plan, the maximum permitted height shall be five stories.
- Maximum story heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.14 ft
story height as defined in Article XII of this chapter shall be not less than ten feet and not greater than 14 feet
- Minimum building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.2 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
Every main building hereinafter constructed shall have a minimum height of not less than two stories
- Minimum story heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.10 ft
story height as defined in Article XII of this chapter shall be not less than ten feet and not greater than 14 feet
Other
- Ground floor commercial depth20 ft
such uses shall have a depth of not less than 20 feet along the entire street oriented commercial frontage
- Ground floor commercial requirement for dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.1,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
a minimum of one-third or 1,000 square feet, whichever is greater, of the floor area of the ground floor of the building shall be devoted to other principal uses permitted in this district
- Ground floor depth for parking decks20 ft
such portion shall be devoted to other permitted principal uses which shall have a depth of not less than 20 feet along the principal street frontage
- Ground floor use requirement for hotels
The ground floor of portions of buildings adjacent to principal street frontages shall be devoted to those uses specified in subsection (2), (3), (9), (17), (22), or (24) of this section
- Ground floor use requirement for parking decks
No portion of such structure located along a principal street frontage shall be used for parking or related circulation of vehicles, but such portion shall be devoted to other permitted principal uses which shall have a depth of not less than 20 feet
- Maximum antenna heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above building15 ft
or in the case of a building-mounted antenna, 15 feet above the surface of the building on which it is mounted.
- Maximum antenna heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above ground15 ft
the supporting hardware for any such antenna does not exceed 15 feet above ground level
- Maximum percentage of building wall set back more than 10 feet10 pct
not more than ten percent of the building wall of the street level story along the street shall be set back more than ten feet
- Maximum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. depth10 ft
In no case shall a front yard with a depth greater than ten feet be permitted
- Maximum lobby frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. percentage30 pct
not more than 30 percent of the frontage of such ground floor may be devoted to entrances or lobbies serving the hotel use
- Minimum distance from R districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. for outdoor dining100 ft
No deck, patio, terrace or other area outside a completely enclosed building and used for the service or accommodation of patrons shall be situated within 100 feet of any property in any R district
- Minimum evergreen screen heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.3.5 ft
there shall be a continuous evergreen vegetative screen not less than 3½ feet in height at the time of installation
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for hotels25,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The area of the lot devoted to such use shall be not less than 25,000 square feet
- Minimum opaque fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
or opaque structural fence or wall not less than four feet in height erected along such lot line
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when abutting R or RO districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.20 ft
where a rear lot line abuts or is situated across an alley from property in an R or RO district there shall be a rear yard of not less than 20 feet in depth.
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when abutting R or RO districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.10 ft
where a side lot line abuts or is situated across an alley from property in an R or RO district there shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet in width.
- Minimum street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. for hotels100 ft
no property line coincidental with a street line shall be less than 100 feet in length.
- Minimum street level glazing for dwelling uses30 pct
For dwelling uses, other than single-family and two-family dwellings, windows or glass doors or both that allow views out of the interior building space shall comprise a minimum of 30 percent of the building façade between two and eight feet in height along the street frontage.
- Minimum street level glazing for non-dwelling uses60 pct
a minimum of 60 percent of the building façade between two and eight feet in height along the street frontage shall be comprised of windows or glass doors or both that allow views into and out of the interior building space.
- Minimum upper story glazing30 pct
windows or glass doors or both that allow views out of the interior building space shall comprise a minimum of 30 percent of the building façade between two and eight feet in height above the floor level of each story above the street level story.
- Minimum window heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
Windows used to satisfy this requirement shall have a minimum height of four feet.
- Noise restriction
No music or public address system shall be operated in such a manner that sound produced therefrom is audible beyond the boundaries of the premises
- Screening setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street line15 ft
but not within 15 feet of any street line.
- Covered trash container requirement
Covered trash containers shall be provided in service areas, and fences, walls or vegetative screening shall be provided around service areas
- Window type requirement
windows shall be double-hung, single-hung, awning or casement type, and fixed windows shall be permitted only as a component of a system including operable windows within a single wall opening.
Parking
- Driveway restriction
No driveway intersecting a street, which constitutes the principal street frontage of a lot shall be permitted when other street frontage or alley access is available
- Minimum exit and entrance lanes per 300 parking spaces1 lanes
Not less than one exit lane and one entrance lane shall be provided for each 300 parking spaces or major fraction thereof contained within the structure
- Minimum stacking space for access control device1 spaces
any card reader or other access control device at an entrance to a parking area or parking lot shall be provided with not less than one stacking space situated off the public right-of-way
- Parking deck screening opacity45 pct
parking spaces contained therein shall be screened from view from abutting streets by structural material of not less than 45 percent opacity
- Parking location restriction
Areas devoted to the parking or circulation of vehicles shall not be located between the main building on a lot and the street line
From the ordinance
The following uses of buildings and premises shall be permitted in the B-6 district... No front yard shall be required... No building shall exceed four stories in height...